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they fit the demographics of the obama coalition. how did he win? college educated women. younger voters. nonwhite voters. he's embracing if you will not only the politics but the policy priorities of his coalition. what else do they have in common? they put pressure like a sharp thumb on some key points in a republican coalition that this white house frankly thinks is ageing, is increasingly white and is fractured. >> you think there's no doubt that that is part of this equation? >> without a doubt. if you heard speaker john boehner after the inaugural address saying the president is trying to annihilate the republican party. that's a strong word. does this president see an opportunity? you can't find many democrats who think that president obama worries about the democratic party, 10, 15, 20 years down the road. you'll find a lot of democrats that say if you can turn the obama coalition into a democratic coalition, the democrats will have built in on the national stage what ronald reagan had for 20 years and republican party had after ronald reagan on the republican stag
they fit the demographics of the obama coalition. how did he win? college educated women. younger voters. nonwhite voters. he's embracing if you will not only the politics but the policy priorities of his coalition. what else do they have in common? they put pressure like a sharp thumb on some key points in a republican coalition that this white house frankly thinks is ageing, is increasingly white and is fractured. >> you think there's no doubt that that is part of this equation?...
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obama had strong support from latinos, 71% to romney's 27%. and romney's showing is part of a bigger trend. republican candidates have steadily been losing latino support. 27% was down from mccain's 31%, which was down from george bush's 41%. considering all that, what is probably the most interesting thing about today's announcement was how much it looks like earlier efforts to end immigration reform. earlier efforts that were hardly bipartisan with the main sticking point being the a word, amnesty. >> i have never will and never have supported efforts for blanket immigration amnesty. >> i don't support amnesty. i don't support special benefits. >> essentially, granding amnesty to many illegals is outrageous. >> amnesty. many of them need to be sent back. >> that ended with senator mccain. that's worth noting because before he was supporting a plan that would allow illegal immigrants already here to stay. you see there he was against it, but before then, he was for it. back in 20005, he worked with the late senator ted kennedy on an immigrati
obama had strong support from latinos, 71% to romney's 27%. and romney's showing is part of a bigger trend. republican candidates have steadily been losing latino support. 27% was down from mccain's 31%, which was down from george bush's 41%. considering all that, what is probably the most interesting thing about today's announcement was how much it looks like earlier efforts to end immigration reform. earlier efforts that were hardly bipartisan with the main sticking point being the a word,...
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immigration bill to give illegal citizens a path to citizenship, and it is a path for what president obama calls it a priority for the second term. this is what senator mccain said, one of the senators behind the plan said today. >> look at the last election. look at the last election. we are losing dramatically the hispanic vote which we believe should be ours for a variety of reasons, and we have to understand that. second of all, we can't go on forever with 11 million people living in the shadows in illegal status. >> and senator mccain is talking about what some republicans call the 27% problem, and president obama won strong support from latinos to mitt romney's 27%. and republicans have been steadily lose agreeing share of the latino vote which is in 2012 romney with 27% down from mccain's 2008 percentage. the sticking point is the a-word, amnesty. >> i will not and i will never support and never have and will never support any effort to blanket grant amnesty to any folks who have stayed in the country illegally. >> i don't support amnesty. i don't support special benefits. >> essent
immigration bill to give illegal citizens a path to citizenship, and it is a path for what president obama calls it a priority for the second term. this is what senator mccain said, one of the senators behind the plan said today. >> look at the last election. look at the last election. we are losing dramatically the hispanic vote which we believe should be ours for a variety of reasons, and we have to understand that. second of all, we can't go on forever with 11 million people living in...
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it can't be obama's immigration package. it has to be the partisan from the beginning and then we stand a chance because nothing has changed since 2007. i call them bibles, badges, and businesses. you have the community that is largely hispanic, and the badges of the full law enforcement community and the churches. >> do you think that he will back away from it? >> one of the reasons that the white house is waiting because first of all these people seem to be kind of doing well on their own. it's sort of the opposite of health care. nobody wants the white house to present a bill now. lots of people wanted him to present a bill on health care and he didn't. now that they're working together, why spook republicans? you know, just sit back. the white house is ready to pounce at any given moment if this all fa falls apart because the democrats really want to push immigration reform because, quite frankly, it's in their own self-interest to do so. and so the white house right now, the strategy is to sit back and let the folks try
it can't be obama's immigration package. it has to be the partisan from the beginning and then we stand a chance because nothing has changed since 2007. i call them bibles, badges, and businesses. you have the community that is largely hispanic, and the badges of the full law enforcement community and the churches. >> do you think that he will back away from it? >> one of the reasons that the white house is waiting because first of all these people seem to be kind of doing well on...